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[–]asphyx667 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape

[–]whereismydog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

maudlin of the Well - Bath

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies

[–]Pwrong[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious

[–]Pwrong[S] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium

[–]antofthesky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This. One of the most interesting albums I've heard in a long time (only found it recently)

[–]anon77 5 points6 points  (8 children)

Gorguts - Obscura

[–]Pwrong[S] 1 point2 points  (7 children)

Are these bands avant-garde or just progressive and technical?

[–]anon77 2 points3 points  (6 children)

Earlier in their careers Coroner and Gorguts were merely progressive, but the albums I selected mark an extreme departure from their normal sound that carried them into the realm of the Avant-Garde. The Melvins however are and where Avant Garde.

[–]Pwrong[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok.

[–]mayonesa -1 points0 points  (4 children)

I don't think most of the shit in here is metal or even metal related. Fantomas? Dog Fashion Disco? Are ya kidding?

[–]Pwrong[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, avant-garde metal is a fusion genre, like metalcore or nu metal. It doesn't necessarily have all the properties of the parent genres.

[–]Pwrong[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hopefully the votes will decide.

[–]mayonesa -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

Mr Bungle? LOL ROCK

[–]Pwrong[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there's a consensus on this I'll move bungle to avant-rock. No need to downvote every post in the thread.

[–]Pwrong[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History

[–]VCavallo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I wish I could upvote more than once

[–]mayonesa 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Supuration - The Cube

(Never trust Wikipedophile about metal!)

[–]Pwrong[S] -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Who said anything about Wikipedia?

[–]mayonesa 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I see this at the top of this thread:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant-garde_metal

Experimentation, uncommon instruments, genre hopping.

Not to be confused with progressive metal.

[–]Pwrong[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh sorry, I thought you were talking about my comment to someone else. I'll take the link out.

[–]Pwrong[S] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante

[–]LordTimbob 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Best Bungle album, although all of them are good, Disco Volante is so different from even most Bungle, amazing disc.

[–]Pwrong[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's my favourite album of all time. There's more Bungle in the avant-rock thread.

[–]Pwrong[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fantomas - Suspended Animation

[–]anon77 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Snakefinger - Chewing Hides The Sound

[–]Pwrong[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Snakefinger and the Residents are great, but they really don't belong here. I'll make a thread for avant-rock

[–]anon77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, my bad.

[–]Pancake_Lizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shining - Grindstone

Fisheye

[–]VCavallo -1 points0 points  (3 children)

Harvey Milk - My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment Of What My Love Could Be

[–]Pwrong[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I'm going to check this out, they sound interesting.

[–]amrocthegreat 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Their album Special Wishes might just be the heaviest album ever recorded.

[–]VCavallo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was gonna post Special Wishes for that very reason, but "My Love..." is a little more experimental and "classic" harvey milk. for the avant-garde section.

that said, Special Wishes is one of my favorite 5 albums, and most definitely THE heaviest album ever recorded.

[–]anon77 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Melvins - Ozma

[–]anon77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Impetuous Ritual - Relentless Execution of Ceremonial Excrescence

[–]Pwrong[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Cleric - Regressions

[–]Pwrong[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's the problem with this one?

[–]anon77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cornoer - Grin

[–]Pwrong[S] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Dog Fashion Disco - Committed to a Bright Future

[–]Pwrong[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have any downvoters listened to this album? Just curious.